Retired USS Iowa Headed Inland After San Francisco's Antiwar Rejection

Associated Press ^ | Aug 20, 2005 | Brian Skoloff

[Zrob]

"This isn't the San Francisco that I've known and loved and grew up in and was born in," Feinstein said.

BWAAAAAHHAAAAAAHAAAAAAA

what a laugh, she knew all about Harvey Milk and Castro Street and Polk (POKE for you non-SF natives), when she was a supe and then mayor by default...

[NY Attitude]

Shame on San Francisco

San Francisco has no shame!!!

[Jet Jaguar]

LOL!

[fish hawk]

Yes Diane, San Francisco is not the same beautiful quaint city you grew up in. Thanks to liberals like you, you've help turn it into the homeless, junkie, queer capital of the United States. It is now your bed, so sleep in it.

[Prophet in the wilderness]

You also forgot to put in there, that Gays are the most rude and obnoxious people on earth.
Homosexuality is a spirit, a demonic and satanic spirit.

[lawgirl]

OMG do I actually agree with Diane Feinstein? I think I might need to lie down...

[Howlin]

What you said.

[Gunrunner2]

""This isn't the San Francisco that I've known and loved and grew up in and was born in," Feinstein said. "

Shocked, she is, shocked that SF is full of anti-American, anti-military bigots.

Yeah. . .right. . .

[ArmyTeach]

I walked those decks. My father was Chief of Staff of ComBatCruLant in the 50s, cruising the Mediterranean. Hasn't the SF Airport declared itself a military free zone? Forgive me if I'm wrong. My next trip to California will definitely include Stockton! Otherwise, I have aging family in California and it will be hard to visit.

[bigsigh]

I'm not much on where the ships should go, but it looks like the senator wants it in California.

[hombre_sincero]

Maybe we'll get lucky and see a real volcano pop up right in the center of city hall in S.F..

[Political Junkie Too]

Rep. Richard W. Pombo, R-Calif., has sponsored legislation authorizing the ship's permanent move to Stockton. Feinstein has countered with a bill to open bidding to any California city. The two versions will have to be reconciled by a House-Senate conference committee considering the Pentagon spending bill.

So, instead of being a tourist attraction in San Francisco, it's going to become a power-toy for our politicians in Congress?

-PJ

[Skooz]

given what our war is in Iraq right now," Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi said.

Uh, Ross. The war is over. Your side lost.

[Cvengr]

Actually, the political solution might have better gone towards taking all those vessals upriver around Concord, where some other mothball fleets are located, throwing some seed money at a Curation Facility/ Museum with tours throughout the mothballs vessels and returning the profits to help maintain the mothballed vessal faciltiies.

[bigsigh]

PS it may be a good thing for Stocktopn a city that could use it. San Fran is so blaise, liberal and full of tourists, easy for them to say no.

[doug from upland]

Unbelievable. I wish my son would move from there, the city would be leveled, and we could start over to build a decent San Francisco. Why did the scum of the earth have to take over such a beautiful place?

[Howlin]

Yeah, but now she's getting hers. Wonder how it feels to her to be screwed by the very people she thought were her supporters.

[Banjoguy]

I refuse to refer to homosexuals by using the code term 'gay'. Homosexuality is what it is and what it should be called.

[M. Espinola]

A Grand Fighting Lady

The Mighty Mo transferring personnel with sistership USS Iowa (BB 61) (at right.)

USS IOWA(BB-61) Virtual Tour

[Prophet in the wilderness]

ohhhhhhhhh man, you can even see in this photo the waves created by the ships kickback from those big guns.
This is WAY COOL , I got to get me one of these.